🇮🇳 3 cities in India, sorted by daily travel budget. Not the exchange rate — how cheap it feels on your own income, and where a price becomes a rip-off. Updated September 2026
| City | Per day | Per month | Local meal | Coffee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇳 DelhiBig city | $60.1 | $1,177 | ₹170 | ₹170 |
| 🇮🇳 GoaResort | $70 | $1,370 | ₹210 | ₹170 |
| 🇮🇳 MumbaiBig city | $76.8 | $2,072 | ₹210 | ₹210 |
Per day = one mid-range night + three meals, a coffee and two taxi rides. Open a city for item-by-item prices, rip-off thresholds and live traveler reports.
With a mid-range room, between $60.1 and $76.8 a day depending on the city — about $69 on average. Hostels and local eateries cut that by 30% or more.
Short-term rental plus living costs runs $1,177–$2,072 by city, about $1,540 on average.
By daily budget, Delhi ($60.1/day) is the cheapest and Mumbai ($76.8/day) the most expensive.